11.   A search for a successor is under way, Smith said, and the board hopes to have a candidate by midspring.

12.   Al Davis is making a list and checking it twice, but he does not have a candidate for the Raiders job yet.

13.   Bruins coach Bob Toledo said he has several candidates in mind but will take his time replacing the popular Long, who was in his second year on staff.

14.   But any time you have six candidates, the format becomes tedious.

15.   But if he had a strong Fine Gael presidential candidate to head the ticket, he might decide to hold both elections on the same day.

16.   But few, if any, have more candidates competing than Los Angeles.

17.   Cardoso has asked the ministers to remain in their posts until he can nominate successors this week, suggesting that the president did not have ready candidates.

18.   Club officials believe they have worthy candidates in Alou and Little, with Cubbage a distant third.

19.   Davis recently hired former Arizona Coach Joe Bugel as an assistant head coach, so he has another candidate waiting in the wings.

20.   Did he have a candidate in mind, say, Perot?